AS WE CREATE

Angela Chen-Wolf

Angela Chen-Wolf grew up in her families business and it helped shape her work ethic and understanding of commitment. We talk about her creative path through RIT, working

Mike Curry

The world of commercial video production is ever changing and Mike Curry shares the experiences that helped him decide on the kind of work he wanted to produce and where

Bob Handelman

Bob Handelman started on the account side of things at DDB Needem in Chicago before finding his way back east to pursue commercial photography. Bob's early work focused o

Kimberly Lewis

Growing up outside of Philadelphia presented many challenges for Kimberly Lewis and she had no choice but to grow up fast. She always found comfort in drawing and shares

Melanie Uribe

Pursuing a creative career was not a popular option in Melanie Uribe's home country of Venezuela, though having family in Florida, she was able to attend college in the S

Matthew Cherry

Matthew Cherry came from a strong musical family and spent his early years playing different instruments before settling on the bass. After finishing his music education

Nancy Ruzow

Nancy Ruzow grew up being surrounded by the arts and fashion through her parents and eventually developed a fascination for advertising. Nancy shares how she got started

Brian Pike

Growing up in rural Maine was a great experience for Brian Pike though when it came time to research advertising schools, he took the opportunity to head to the West Coas

Ilona Somogyi

Initially focusing her education on becoming an actor, Ilona Somogyi quickly discovered it was not going to be a good fit. While still having a fascination with theater,

Chris Knopf

Reading was something that came to Chris Knopf at a very early age and had him pursue his education in creative writing. Before becoming a published author, Chris shares

Jeff Jahnke

A few career paths were considered before Jeff Jahnke set his sights on architecture and he shares how things went after he served in the Navy. We talk about the creative

Anne Cubberly

Anne Cubberly always had a love for drawing and creating, though when she experienced a Bread and Puppet performance for the first time, she fell in love with giant puppe

Anthony Marsilio

Anthony Marsilio's fascination of graphic design was inspired by the automotive industry. He began teaching himself, though his self assigned design projects remained a p

John Suscovich

John Suscovich is an independent author and marketing professional. After receiving a theater production degree from the University of Connecticut, he moved to New York C

Jeanne Criscola

Jeanne Criscola made her way into graphic design through textiles and museum curation. We talk about what lead her to start her own design studio and much of the work she

Brad Collins

Brad Collins is the founder of Group C. He shares how his love of science faded in college which eventually lead him to create his own curriculum. We talk about his love

Remembering Carissa Decelles

This is a special posting of a Episode 9 - a conversion with Carissa Decelles from October 2022. Carissa was an award winning designer and a friend whose life was taken f

Catherine Casalino

Catherine Casalino's love of photography and writing came together when she was exposed to the publishing world after college. We talk about her time at Simon & Schuster

Daniel Sheridan

Daniel Sheridan is an illustrator and designer. Growing up in the hardcore and metal music scene, it was the visual aesthetic and grit that influenced the style Daniel is

Dead Rabbit Design Co.

Magge Gagliardi and Steve Keefe are the principals behind Dead Rabbit Design Co. They share how each of their professional careers began and the collaboration that lead t